Trump: Transgender people can use whatever bathroom they want  —  Transgender people should be able to use whatever bathroom they want, Donald Trump said Thursday.  —  “Oh, I had a feeling that question was going to come up, I will tell you.  North Carolina did something that was very strong.

Dead at 57  —  The artist known as Prince has died ... TMZ has learned.  He was 57.  —  Prince's body was discovered at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota early Thursday morning.  —  Multiple sources connected to the singer confirmed he had passed.  We've obtained the emergency dispatch call for a “male down, not breathing.”

Women will be on Hillary Clinton's vice president list  —  NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton's short list of vice presidential options will include a woman, a top campaign official said in an interview — creating the possibility of an all-female ticket emerging from the Democratic convention in Philadelphia.

ESPN — at long last — has fired Curt Schilling, and we're all better for it  —  Curt Schilling's firing has been a work in progress for many months.  —  ESPN could have gotten rid of him at the end of the 2015 baseball season for his tweet equating “Muslim extremists” with the Nazi regime in Germany …

The smug style in American liberalism  —  There is a smug style in American liberalism.  It has been growing these past decades.  It is a way of conducting politics, predicated on the belief that American life is not divided by moral difference or policy divergence — not really …

Donald Trump Plans to Adopt More-Traditional Campaign Tactics  —  GOP front-runner says his campaign is evolving; coming soon are policy addresses, teleprompters and a speechwriter  —  Donald Trump, after notching a big win in New York, is planning to roll out significant changes in his campaign …

How Hillary Clinton Became a Hawk  —  Throughout her career she has displayed instincts on foreign policy that are more aggressive than those of President Obama — and most Democrats.  —  Hillary Clinton sat in the hideaway study off her ceremonial office in the State Department …

Chyna Dead — WWE Legend Dies ... ‘Possible Overdose’ (PHOTO UPDATE)  —  WWE legend Chyna — real name Joanie Laurer — has died ... and officials are investigating as a possible overdose, TMZ Sports has learned.  —  We've learned she was in her apartment in Redondo Beach, CA …

Musk's Secret Plan to Curb City Traffic With Self-Driving ‘Bus’  —  Tesla founder says he's exploring futuristic public transport  —  Vehicle would replace buses in cities, complement Hyperloop  —  Tesla's Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is working on a self-driving vehicle …

Sober is the new drunk: why millennials are ditching bar crawls for juice crawls  —  Juice crawls are just one of many booze-free events in the US catering to millennials who are ditching the hooch in favor of clarity  —  On a Saturday afternoon in Manhattan, Rachel Floyd and her boyfriend Paul Isham …

Bike lane falls in Brazil Olympic city; at least 2 die  —  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An oceanfront stretch of an elevated bike lane built ahead of the Olympic Games collapsed on Thursday when it was hit by a strong wave, killing at least two people, Rio de Janeiro authorities said.

When Prince got political  —  Prince didn't shy away from politics during his influential music career.  —  He was not a protest song singer like fellow Minnesotan Bob Dylan, did not hit the campaign trail like Bruce Springsteen and was never associated with global activism like U2's Bono.